Azul: "Uwahh... whenever i know should do something, but I haven't done it, I feel such existential dread." Azul's Brain: "Then why don't you just do that thing? You'd feel better after you're done with it." Azul: "You know it doesn't work like that! We're only going to do those things when I feel like it's too late!" Azul's Brain: "But why.."

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[–] theneverfox@pawb.social 26 points 8 months ago

It's because we don't feel better, we feel tired. It's an exhausting process, and we don't get to feel reward chemicals from abstract tasks like that

[–] PattyMcB@lemmy.world 8 points 8 months ago

Tl;dr

[–] Morganica@lemmy.world 8 points 8 months ago

I don’t feel better. There’s not really a mental reward for doing the work, it just feels like a never ending list of maintenance to keep my life from getting worse.